A PAIR OF PERCUSSION DUELLING PISTOLS with browned twist octagonal sighted barrels signed in full on the top flats, engraved case-hardened breeches and tangs, signed case-hardened bolted locks engraved with scrolling foliage, figured walnut half-stocks, chequered butts, engraved blued steel mounts including trigger-guards, case-hardened pineapple finials, vacant silver escutcheons, set triggers, white-metal fore-end caps, original ebony ramrods with white-metal tips, and nearly all their original finish: in original fitted brass-mounted mahogany case (one hinge replaced) lined in green baize with some accessories including bright steel oil bottle and Dixon flask, the lid with folding brass carrying handle, by Nixon, Gun Maker, Newark, Birmingham proof marks, circa 1850